JORDAN: AFTERMATH ISRAELI ATTACK ON VILLAGE OF EL SALT

Record ID: 355217

  • Title: JORDAN: AFTERMATH ISRAELI ATTACK ON VILLAGE OF EL SALT
  • Date: 7th August 1968
  • Summary: AFTERMATH DAMAGE IN EL SALT. EDITORS:PLEASE ACCEPT APOLOGIES FOR THE POOR PRINT QUALITY OF THIS FILM. Initials DHC/VS/BOB/SS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 1968 13:00
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  • Location: EL SALT, JORDAN
  • Country: Jordan
  • Reuters ID: LVAEASW5B8JZIFGV3YRPG6Y8DY38
  • Story Text: JORDANIAN AND ISRAELI MILITARY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO EXCHANGE ACCUSATIONS OVER BORDER CLASHES WHILE THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ATTEMPTS TO MEDIATE IN THE DISPUTE. ACCORDING TO JORDANIANS, THE ISRAELIS ON SUNDAY MADE THEIR WORST RAID OF RECENT WEEKS ON THE VILLAGE OF EL SALT, KILLING ABOUT 30 AND WOUNDING ALMOST 100.

    ACCORDING TO ISRAELI SPOKESMEN, ISRAELI JETS AND BOMBER AIRCRAFT WERE AIMING FOR ARAB GUERILLA BASES NEAR THE VILLAGE WHEN THEY MADE SUNDAY'S ATTACK. BUR JORDAN CLAIMED THAT CIVILIAN HOMES AND PROPERTY WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN THE ASSAULT. OF THE DEAD, ONLY SIX WERE REPORTED TO BE SOLDIERS.

    EL SALT, WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 50,000, IS SOME 18 MILES (28 KMS) WEST OF AMMAN AND MIDWAY BETWEEN THE JORDANIAN CAPITAL AND ISRAELI-HELD TERRITORY ACROSS THE RIVER JORDAN.

    EYEWITNESSES SAID MIRAGE, MYSTERE AND SKY HAWK AIRCRAFT STRAFED THE AREA WITH NAPALM AND ROCKETS. FURTHER ATTACKS WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA.
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